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Tango
AUG 9, 1985 · 6 MIN · DIR. HELKE MISSELWITZ
Documentary
A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.
Cast

Helke Misselwitz
Narrator (voice)
Alejandro Quintana
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Writer
Helke Misselwitz
Director of Photography
Gunther Becher
Director of Photography
Bernd Merten
Editor
Sieglinde Abraham





